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"Quartz Literary seeks fiction and poetry that reflects and fractures. We want to see cracked versions of ourselves. Give us sharpness, but also beauty. Make us feel seen and allow us to discover something new about ourselves. "
"Quartz Literary seeks fiction and poetry that reflects and fractures. We want to see cracked versions of ourselves. Give us sharpness, but also beauty. Make us feel seen and allow us to discover something new about ourselves. "
Vibe
Send us your best but less intimidating
Response Time
Acceptance Rate
Payment
Yes: $30 per piece
Fee
Yes: $3.8-$4.8
Simultaneous submissions
Yes
Previously published
No
Expedited response
Yes
Available in print
Yes
Provides contributor copies
Yes: yes
Examples online
Yes
Active on social media
No
Accepted genres
6 genres
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Stories
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Flash fiction
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Essays
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Flash essays
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Fiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Stories
Flash Fiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Flash fiction
Nonfiction
Max words: 6000
Max pieces: 1
Essays
Flash Nonfiction
Max words: 1000
Max pieces: 3
Flash essays
Poetry
Max pieces: 5
Art
Max pieces: 5
Statistics
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32
Total submissions tracked
87 days
Average response time
Average acceptance rate
27 days
Fastest response time
138 days
Slowest response time
*Weird response times we excluded from calculations: 697 days
How to submit
Process
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Cover letters
Coming soon! Advice from editors on what your cover letter and bio should look like!
Eligibility
No specific eligibility requirements
Formatting
Coming soon! All the Times New Romans and double spaces!
Rights for published work
Coming soon! First, third, none, all the rights!
Additional info
Payment/copies. We pay one contributor copy and $30 for each selected story/essay/poem/piece of art. With our expedited response, we will get back to you in 1-7 days. We mostly read literary fiction, but are also open to magical realism, surrealism, experimental, and literary works with mild genre elements.
About the Magazine
Founded in 2021 | United States
Masthead
We currently list only main editors, more will be added later! If you are an editor, you can edit your masthead in our admin panel :)
Examples
1 pieces from Chill Subs people
